NEW REPORT: Disabled children and their families have been overlooked by policy makers for too long and the impact is clear. Our report with @DCPcampaign demonstrates why well-resourced and properly coordinated services must be a priority. Read more here: https://t.co/sWQzPRXd2U

Amy, a member of FLARE, has created this resource to support children & young people with EHC plans who have an annual review coming up. It provides advice to children & young people for how to prepare for them and share their views. https://t.co/Unz30OOg5f @MOH_tweets

How should you communicate with young people in virtual meetings? FLARE, the young people’s advisory group supported by CDC, have created a video and top tips guide for professionals: https://t.co/jgjlf7fvuH

Our top tips for developing child centred EHC plans guide is for professionals involved in supporting disabled children & young people & those with SEN to fully participate in their #EHCP. It highlights barriers to participation & ways to eliminate them. https://t.co/tB2MHQLjtD

Our co-production in pathway/service re-design and evaluation guide is a widely applicable process for thinking about pathway redesign & evaluation, which places the voices of children, young people & parent carers at the heart of decision-making. https://t.co/ZIfdbbOKTg

CDC has developed a simple system checklist for Local Areas to assess their progress towards effective joint working. Aimed at strategic colleagues, the checklist prompts a RAG rating against key indicators. https://t.co/W4nCKAUqnj #JointCommissioning

What makes a good Joint Strategic Needs Assessment? View our analysis and good practice summary here: https://t.co/Wwhy0uCRfL #JointCommissioning

This podcast is part of the SEND Awareness e-learning for Level 4 health professionals, available in autumn. Topics include: influencing & affecting change of teams & services, raising the profile of SEND in local or regional health system meetings & more. https://t.co/FrcW2HMZun

Our Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) Local Area Reflections and Learning resources illustrate what the DCO role entails and highlights the impact the DCO role has on the #SEND system. https://t.co/KKoz2338WR

This case study summarises the journey that Rochdale has undertaken to embed an outcomes-based approach to commissioning, putting children & young people's happiness, wellbeing & voices at the heart of decision-making. https://t.co/R5FnPMkuH2 #outcomebasedcommissioning

Great services & pathways stem from great conversations with children, young people & families. This resource outlines a widely applicable process for thinking about pathway redesign & evaluation, which places these voices at the heart of decision-making. https://t.co/ZIfdbbOKTg

Is your local area developing a digital hub for the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process? This resource highlights effective practice, key features and challenges to be aware of when developing a digital approach to EHCPs. https://t.co/dH26CVEvWK #EHCPlan #SEND #SEN

Are you a health advice giver or #SEN case officer? Do you have questions about your role in the EHCP process? Our FAQs resources might have the answers you're looking for. https://t.co/TpsGkMxWey #EHCPlan

With many local areas struggling with the EHCP process, we have developed a resource summarising common challenges and how they interrelate. This includes recommended solutions from the workforce, parent carer representatives and families to address them. https://t.co/XYmGmrMv9d

CDC has published a checklist to support local areas to prepare for the new #CQC/#Ofsted SEND inspections. This tool will support local areas in gathering & preparing the information that will be requested during a #SEND inspection. https://t.co/GrEuJWYnUg

This guide is for parents & professionals to improve conversations & decision-making about the prescription of psychotropic medication. It includes practical tools to help parents & professionals gather evidence and make decisions together. https://t.co/BxHG2BHM2Q

Check out our examples of good practice Education, Health and Care Plans. These resources include excerpts from real EHC plans as well as examples and case studies. https://t.co/LpkmaudZWK #EHCPlan #SEN #SEND

Let our children be heard - recognising & supporting our disabled children’s communication skills. A resource for parents from @SpeechAndLangUK & @contactfamilies. It includes quotes from parents giving a useful insight into their experiences. https://t.co/LQDYTnecEp #SLCN

Quality support for #SLCN in early years settings is a resource aimed at all who wish to improve the outcomes for young children with delayed speech and language development, or SLCN in early years settings. https://t.co/YM0IEUAkTq #SEND @SpeechAndLangUK

This resource will support early years settings to think about how they can find information from parents & carers to support their tracking of children’s speech, language & communication development. https://t.co/RC9nNf03Lo #SEND